Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

WOODFORD EVANGELICAL CHURCH 

Hold church services and organised activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£107,838£142,556£-34,71830
31/03/22£185,834£142,956£42,87830
31/03/21£176,905£164,792£12,11330
31/03/20£436,853£132,872£303,98120
31/03/19£239,139£142,664£96,47530
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.woodfordevangelicalchurch.org.uk

woodfordevangelicalchurch@gmail.com

02082702536

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/02/2018, number: 1177194
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

10 Pintail Road
Woodford Green
IG8 7DX

Objectives

THE CHURCHÆS OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS, DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS IN WOODFORD, ESSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND ELSEWHERE AS THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN GENERAL MEETING MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN GENERAL MEETING, FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH;PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE CHURCH FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE RULES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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